RTI Maharashtra: Procedure to file RTI Application

Under sub-section (1) of section (6) of the RTI Act, you can submit a request for information or inspection of record before concerned State Public Information Officer. You can file RTI Application in Maharashtra both Online and Offline. You may follow the following steps to submit request for information offline:

Step – 1: Identify the department to which your information most closely belongs.

Step – 2: Find the address of the Assistant State Public Information Officer/ State Public Information Officer of the concerned department.

Step – 3: Write your RTI Application on a plain paper in the format provided at Maharashtra RTI Application Format. You can write your RTI application in either Marathi or English language and will get the reply in Marathi or English.

Note: As per the Maharashtra Right to Information (Amendment) Rules, 2012, you must follow the following two rules while writing your application:

1) Your request for information shall relate to only single subject matter; and

2) The total number of words in your RTI Application shall not be more than 150.

If you want information on more than one subject matter, you shall submit separate RTI Application for each subject matter.

Step – 4: Pay the Fees of Rs. 10/- for the application by way of cash against proper receipt or demand draft or banker’s cheque payable to the public authority or by affixing a court fee stamp of Rs. 10/-.

Step – 5: Submit the completed RTI Application to the Assistant State Public Information Officer/ State Public Information Officer either personally or through Speed Post/ Registered Post.

You can file RTI online in Maharashtra by visiting Maharashtra RTI Online. To know the step by step procedure to file RTI online in Maharashtra, please follow the step by step procedure mentioned in the pdf below:

(ii) Actual charges or cost price of a copy in large size paper + Postal Charges.

For inspection of records

No Fee for the first hour; and

A Fee of Rs. 5/- for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter.

Note: No Postal Charges shall be charged if the applicant collects the information personally.

For providing the information under sub-section (5) of section 7

(a) for information provided in diskette or floppy

Rs. 50/- per diskette or floppy + Postal Charges

(b) for information provided in printed form

At the price fixed for such publication or Rs. 2/- per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication + Postal Charges.

Note: No postal charges shall be charged if the applicant collects the information personally.

RTI Fees for First Appeal, and Second Appeal :

RTI Fees for First Appeal under sub-section (1) of section 19

Rs. 20/- per appeal

RTI Fees for Second Appeal under sub-section (3) of section 19

Rs. 20/- per appeal

RTI Maharashtra: First Appeal under RTI

Under sub-section (1) of section (19) of the RTI Act, any person who, does not receive a decision within the time specified in sub-section (1) or clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 7, or is aggrieved by an order of the State Public Information Officer may, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of the State Public Information Officer, prefer an appeal to the concerned appellate authority.

You can file RTI First Appeal in Maharashtra both Online and Offline. You may follow the following steps to submit First Appeal offline:

Step – 1: Find the address of the First Appellate Authority of the concerned department. If you have received reply from State Public Information Officer, then details of appellate authority may be mentioned in the reply.

Step – 2: Write your RTI First Appeal on a plain paper in the format provided below. You can write your RTI First Appeal in either Marathi or English language and will get the reply in Marathi or English.

You can submit RTI First Appeal online in Maharashtra only if you have submitted your RTI Application online. by visiting Maharashtra RTI Online. To know the step by step procedure to file RTI First Appeal online in Maharashtra, please follow the step by step procedure mentioned in the pdf below:

RTI Maharashtra: Procedure to submit RTI Second Appeal in Maharashtra

Under sub-section (3) of section (19) of the RTI Act, any person aggrieved by an order of the appellate authority under sub-section (1) of section 19 may, within ninety days from the date of receipt of the order of the appellate authority, prefer a second appeal to the State Information Commission.

You may follow the step by step procedure provided below to submit RTI Second Appeal:

Step – 1: Write your RTI Second Appeal on a plain paper in the format provided below. You can write your RTI Second Appeal in either Marathi or English language and will get the reply in Marathi or English.

Maharashtra RTI Second Appeal Form in English

Maharashtra RTI Second Appeal Form in Marathi

(1) An appeal fee of Rs. 20/- by way of cash against proper receipt or demand draft or banker’s cheque payable to the public authority or by affixing a court fee stamp of Rs. 20/-; and

(2) Self-attested copies of the Orders or documents against which the appeal is being preferred;

(3) Copies of documents relied upon by the appellant and referred to in the appeal; and

(4) an index of the documents referred to in the appeal.

Step – 3: Submit the completed RTI Second Appeal to the State Information Commission either personally or through Speed Post/ Registered Post at following address:

To,

The State Information Commission,

13th Floor, New Administrative Building,

Mantralaya

Mumbai – 400 032

In case of 2nd Appeal, how many copies need to be filed and whether advance copies have to be served to FAA and CPIO?

Only one copy of the appeal is to be filed with the Commission. An advance copy of the 2nd Appeal needs to be served separately on the FAA and CPIO and the declaration to this effect is to be mentioned in the index of the documents referred to in Rule 4(iii) of the said Rules.

RTI Maharashtra: Procedure to submit RTI Complaint in Maharashtra

Under sub-section (1) of section (18) of the RTI Act, you can lodge complaint before State Information Commission. To know the procedure to file complaint, you may visit RTI Complaint Procedure.

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I have passed my Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Master of Technology in Telecommunication from National Institute of Technology Calicut. I have filed many RTI Applications, First Appeals, Second Appeals, and Complaints. I have also filed few Writ Petitions in High Court, and Supreme Court.

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